Michigan does a lot of trade with Canada, writes contributing columnist Andrea Bitely, and we stand to suffer if Trump imposes tariffs.
The Canadian prime minister has a point that’s been lost in the fog of President Donald Trump’s first six tumultuous weeks back in the Oval Office.
Canadian leaders are threatening to add surcharges to electricity flowing into Michigan, or cut it off entirely.
Just think: no tariffs on materials passing back and forth between borders to service our co-dependent auto industry and universal health care.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he would block energy exports to the United States "with a smile" if U.S. President Donald Trump moved ahead with plans for a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods. Trump announced on Monday that tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would go into effect on Tuesday.